Core concepts, literary terms, movements and major authors of Danish literature, from Saxo and H.C. Andersen to Blixen and Høeg, at C2 level.
H.C. Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen, writer of fairy tales
Den grimme ælling
The Ugly Duckling
Den lille havfrue
The Little Mermaid
Kejserens nye klæder
The Emperor's New Clothes
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher and father of existentialism
Enten-Eller
Either/Or
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa
Den afrikanske farm
Out of Africa
Babettes gæstebud
Babette's Feast
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, father of Danish comedy
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig, hymn writer and inspirer of the folk high school
en højskole
a folk high school
Højskolesangbogen
the Folk High School Songbook
Henrik Pontoppidan
Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize-winning novelist
Lykke-Per
Lucky Per
Johannes V. Jensen
Johannes V. Jensen, Nobel Prize-winning author
Tove Ditlevsen
Tove Ditlevsen, poet and memoirist
Klaus Rifbjerg
Klaus Rifbjerg, modernist writer
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen, experimental poet
Peter Høeg
Peter Høeg, novelist
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Guldhornene
The Golden Horns
Guldalderen
the Danish Golden Age
romantikken
Romanticism
det moderne gennembrud
the Modern Breakthrough
naturalisme
naturalism
modernisme
modernism
en folkevise
a folk ballad
Gesta Danorum
the Deeds of the Danes
et digt
a poem
en digter
a poet
en strofe
a stanza, a verse
et rim
a rhyme
en fortæller
a narrator
en jeg-fortæller
a first-person narrator
en synsvinkel
a point of view
et tema
a theme
et motiv
a motif
en metafor
a metaphor
et symbol
a symbol
ironi
irony
en tekstanalyse
a textual analysis